I´m a 36 year old artist who likes trying new things, meeting people and visiting new places. I make hats and silver jewelry, organise a Blues dance camp in the Ardèche and just got a new job to put food on the table... I like volonteer work and have been part of building an anti-racist network in my home town Uppsala this year. Ecology is very important to me and I´m also trying to spend more time in the nature this year. I´m an outgoing person who loves to laugh and have fun but at the same time serious and reliable. I value direct, reliable, honest, sociable people who knows how to have fun without alcohol, but I do love an occasional great beer having lived in Ireland many years ago...

Perché sono iscritto su Couchsurfing

I got an account registered in 2009 when I was going to London but the host stood me up so I´ve opted for a safer option since then and have therefore not been using my account. I would love to host people in the future and at the moment i would love to meet up and guide you around Uppsala.

I´ve joined couchsurfing again since I´m going to the Ardèche region in France and would need a place to stay for a night or two, meet people that would like to do outdoor activities, get help getting from one place to another and just get some info about the region and what to do/what to avoid.

Interessi

Dancing : blues, afrobeat, belly-dancing, bachata, kizomba et cetera
Music: Blues and modern Afro-caribbean music mostly but also country, rock, latin music and jazz.
Exploring the world and learning about different cultures
Outdoor activities like fishing, canoeing, camping, trekking, picking berries and mushrooms.
Art, craft, photography
Enjoying good food and cooking for other people.
Planning to pick up horse-riding again this summer...
Suck at bowling and pool but i love it!
i´m thinking about starting to do Western riding and would love to go to the US to do western riding, go to a country festival, dance line dancing and Blues dancing and see an aweful lot of cowboy hats and go to the Kentucky Derby and preferably also sell hats for the races in the US and Australia.

• arts
• culture
• photography
• festivals
• dancing
• bachata
• dining
• cooking
• beer
• crafts
• billiards
• socializing
• music
• jazz
• latin music
• blues
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• canoeing
• camping
• bowling
• ecology
• tourism

Musica, film e libri

Tv series: Heartland, North & South, THIS LIFE, Grey´s Anatomy
Music: Blues, zouk, kizomba
Films: Bollywood (Veer-Zaara, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai...), Walk the line, Billy Elliot, Million dollar baby, Soleil et cetera et cetera
I love watching films and there are so many good ones!
Books: To the poles without a Beard and historical books like Roots and books about ordinary people during war like Hope and To My daughter in France

Una cosa incredibile che ho fatto

Trekking in the Pyrenees!!!!!!!!! going to Kenya as a child visiting my relatives!!!!!!!!! doing blacksmithing!!! going to Herräng for the first time!!! learning to make hats!!!!!!!

Insegna, impara, condividi

want to share my passion for Blues music and dancing and also modern African music and Dance. want to improve my french and would love to pick up my german again at some point.

would like to meet other artists and crafts people to share knowledge and ideas.

like meeting people from other places in general to learn about the world

Cosa posso offrire ai padroni di casa

knowledge about craft and art especially hat-making, silver smithing, furriery and leather craft
dancing and music
"swedish" culture, food and language

Paesi che ho visitato

Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Kenya, Norway, Portugal, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Paesi in cui ho vissuto

France, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden